Career

Sales Executive

Sales executives sell their company’s goods and services to new and existing customers.
Their customers may be retails outlets, businesses, individuals, wholesalers or
manufacturers. They are also involved with identifying new markets and business
opportunities.

Typical activities for sales executives generally include:

listening to customer requirements and presenting appropriately to make a sale;

maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person, and
via telephone calls and emails;

arranging meetings with potential customers to prospect for new business;

acting as a contact between a company and its existing and potential markets;

negotiating the terms of an agreement and closing sales;

gathering market and customer information;

representing the organisation at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations.